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GOPJane on Aug 23, 2022 8:06 AM
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Opinion

An American Pope

May 12, 2025
With a triumphant billow of white smoke, Cardinals gathered in Rome announced a new Pope for the world and for the nearly 1.4 billion devoted whom he will shephard over the coming years: Leo XIV.… Read More

Trade Tide Turns

May 11, 2025
After implementing global tariffs in April, President Trump has revealed the first successfully negotiated trade deal with a foreign nation: The United Kingdom. Coinciding with the 80th anniversary… Read More

Consequences for Harvard and Columbia

May 10, 2025
The White House has made known that Harvard has been far too permissive towards antisemitism on campus and is prepared to take unprecedented action against the hallowed institution to ensure the… Read More

The First 100 Days

May 9, 2025
As the President wraps up the first 100 days of his second administration, the nation reflects on the progress he has made towards fulfilling campaign promises. Following a lengthy election filled… Read More

RFK Jr Bans Petroleum Food Dyes

May 8, 2025
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has moved to eliminate dangerous artificial food dyes from national food products, a massive step towards the overall administration's goal of… Read More

Student Loans Come Due

May 7, 2025
After four years of empty promises, overturned executive orders, and dashed hopes and dreams of eager supporters, President Biden’s crusade to eradicate student loan debt has come to a bumpy… Read More

SCOTUS reviews school opt-out

May 6, 2025
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments over which books are appropriate for schoolchildren in one of three religious rights cases set to be decided this summer. What has largely been a local and… Read More

Unemployment Under Review

May 5, 2025
The Department of Government Oversight claims to have identified $400 million in fraudulent unemployment claims, all approved in the years since President Biden took office. The nature of the claims… Read More
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Gov. Reynolds Acts on Final Bills of 2025 Legislative Session

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June 11, 2025
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Gov. Reynolds Signs Bill to Expand Firefighter Cancer Coverage

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Gov. Reynolds Signs List of Bills Into Law

From: Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds
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On June 6, 2025, Governor Kim Reynolds signed the following bills into law: HF 189: A bill for an act relating to the eligibility of students enrolled in nonpublic schools to compete in… Read More

Gov. Reynolds Signs Bill to Reform Unemployment Insurance Taxes

From: Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds
June 5, 2025
On June 5, 2025, Governor Kim Reynolds signed SF 607, a bill lowering the unemployment insurance taxable wage base and decreasing the maximum unemployment insurance tax rate. “Iowans are… Read More